IHL’s lighthouse: navigating towards a digital emblem

January 15, 2026 16 mins read Cyber / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / IHL / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Special Protections / Technology in Humanitarian Action Samit D’Cunha & Mauro Vignati

As cyber operations are increasingly taking place during armed conflicts, and this trend is likely ...

What we don’t understand about digital risks in armed conflict and what to do about it

July 27, 2023 15 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Cyber / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies / Technology in Humanitarian Action Joelle Rizk & Sean Cordey

The deployment and use of new digital technologies in modern conflicts – from information to ...

Industrial cyber attacks: a humanitarian crisis in the making

December 3, 2019 10 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Sergio Caltagirone

Industrial control systems manage almost every aspect of daily life, from water supply to electricity ...

Cyber operations and international humanitarian law: five key points

November 28, 2019 10 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Laurent Gisel & Tilman Rodenhäuser

Cyber operations are high on legal and policy agendas, with States convening two intergovernmental processes ...

Digital risks for populations in armed conflict: Five key gaps the humanitarian sector should address

June 12, 2019 8 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Technology in Humanitarian Action Delphine van Solinge

The Digital Revolution is affecting the lives of people around the world, from connected citizens ...

Know your enemy and know yourself: Attribution in the cyber domain

June 3, 2019 9 mins read Accountability / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Vitaly Kamluk

‘It is said that if you know your enemy and know yourself, you will not ...

The potential human costs of eschewing cyber operations

May 31, 2019 11 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Colonel Gary P Corn

Over the last few decades, militaries have grown increasingly dependent on electronics, computational systems and ...

Malware: A selection of essential cyber notions and concepts

May 23, 2019 9 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Lukasz Olejnik & Tilman Rodenhäuser

Editor’s note: This blog post is part of the upcoming Cyber Series. It sets the ...

Intro to blog series on human costs of cyber operations

May 23, 2019 2 mins read Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict

Cyber attacks, defence and security are increasingly high on the agenda of legal, policy and ...

The potential human cost of cyber operations: Starting the conversation

November 14, 2018 14 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Human Costs of Cyber / Law and Conflict / Religion Laurent Gisel & Lukasz Olejnik

Cyber attacks, defence and security are increasingly high on the agenda of technology and policy ...

Combating ‘cyber fatigue’ in the maritime domain

December 7, 2017 8 mins read Analysis / Cyber / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Sean Fahey

Cyber vulnerabilities in the maritime domain are expanding at an alarming rate; unfortunately, proficiency in guarding against those vulnerabilities is struggling to keep ...